DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue: 2

Publication Productivity of the Technical Physics and Prototype Engineering Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

  • Author:
  • Priya Girap, Ganesh Surwase, Anil Sagar, B.S. Kademani, Vijai Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 39 to 54

Scientific Information Resource Division, Knowledge Management Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085.

Abstract

This scientrometric study analyses the publications of Technical Physics and Prototype Engineering Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. There were 704 research papers published during 1986–2006 scattered in diverse domains like crystals (192), thin films (173), glasses and ceramics (102), instrumentation (66), and miscellaneous (171). The highest number of publications (80) was in the year 2006. The average number of publications per year was 33.52. The most prolific authors were: S.K. Gupta (215), G.P. Kothiyal (171), S.C. Sabharwal (151), D.K. Aswal (139), V.C. Sahni (105), K.P. Muthe (101), J.V. Yakhmi (94) publications. The journals preferred for publishing were: Physica C (37), Journal of Crystal Growth (30), Physical Review B (28), Pramana (16), and Bulletin of Indian Vacuum Society (12). Collaboration trend was multi-authored publications. There were more than 94 per cent multi-authored publications. Publication concentration was 3.04 and publication density was 3.68.

Keywords

Technical physics, prototype engineering, scientometrics, bibliometrics, institutional studies, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, publication productivity, authorship pattern, collaboration rate, activity index, author productivity, channels of communication, Bradford distribution, publication concentration, publication density